NASALiftoff! (2/6/2009)
A Delta II rocket climbs into the dark, pre-dawn sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket successfully propelled the NOAA-N Prime spacecraft toward its polar orbit around Earth. Image credit: Carleton Bailie/United Launch Alliance Feb. 6, 2009
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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NOAA-N-Prime/multimedia/gallery/09-02-06.html
Date: 2/6/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Dawn
What: Polar
What: Earth
Where: California
Identifier: 312286main_launch-lg_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-19 23:53:36
Publicdate: 2009-08-20 00:03:07
Keywords: Liftoff, launch, Delta II, NOAA-N Prime; What -- Dawn; What -- Polar; What -- Earth; Where -- California
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